The Expert’s Guide to Spring Plumbing Maintenance

Published on May 20, 2016

You may already understand that your heating and air conditioning equipment needs yearly HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) maintenance, but were you aware that you also need to call an expert for annual plumbing maintenance? D & K Heating Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning offers the Plumbing PLUS™ Maintenance Agreement for Belleville homeowners to help them locate issues before they turn into big problems. While we recommend calling immediately for plumbing problems and schedule your plumbing maintenance yearly, here are a couple ways you can get your home in tip-top plumbing shape for spring.

Check for plumbing leaks

Inspect your home’s faucets and toilets for any leaks. Confirm there is no water dripping out of or around the connections when you shut off your faucets. If there is, swapping out the fixtures or repairing the leak could help boost the faucet’s operation and may even reduce your water bill.

After the faucets, check all exposed pipes for evidence of leaks. You can often see visible pipes in the basement and under sinks. In extreme weather pipes can freeze and crack, so springtime is great to make sure the winter weather didn’t damage anything that could cause plumbing problems.

Give your drains some long overdue attention

Examine your toilet for any cracks or leaks in both the bowl and tank. If your toilet seems to be in good condition, go ahead and pour about six drops of food color into the actual tank. Wait for about 35 minutes and then look at the bowl. If the bowl water is uncolored, you’re fine. If the food coloring appears in the bowl, you might have a leak and will want to call a plumbing expert.

Remember your water heater maintenance

If an unpleasant odor seems to be coming from any of the drains in your home, it be a sign that plumbing maintenance is required. A properly running drain shouldn’t release smells into the air. Confirm there are strains inserted in all your drains to stop hair and other remains from spoiling in the pipes and causing them to clog. Once you’ve treated them with a common drain cleaner, pour four quarts of water down drains that are not used often. This will fill the trap and help to avoid odors from seeping in and smelling up your home.

Your water heater takes excellent care of you so be sure you’re returning the favor. Don’t forget that newer water heaters are going to be more energy efficient, so if yours is more than 15 years old, it could be time to invest in a new one in order to ensure you don’t have that sudden burst of cold water for a week. Regardless if you plan on investing in a new water heater, there are some things you can do to help keep it running properly.

Make sure the temperature setting on the equipment is not set higher than 120°F. This will help lower your energy use (and help reduce your bills) while also evading scalding. For safety sake, you will want to remove anything from around the water heater. Your 12 month Plumbing PLUS Maintenance agreement includes a water heater maintenance; and it may actually help your water heater run more efficiently and avoid plumbing problems from happening.

These are just some ways of how you can help get your plumbing springtime-ready, but if you are not comfortable performing any of these tasks, please call D & K Heating Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning and we can come out and complete your annual plumbing maintenance and fix (or help avoid) any plumbing problems.

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